The bank said it will hold a second public consultation in the summer to gather views on the kind of nature that people would like to see featured on the notes, with a shortlist to be drawn up by a panel of wildlife experts. England is home to a range of wildlife, including foxes, badgers, beavers, squirrels, otters, deer and seals.
The new notes won’t enter circulation for several years.
Victoria Cleland, chief cashier at the Bank of England, said: “The key driver for introducing a new banknote series is always to increase counterfeit resilience, but it also provides an opportunity to celebrate different aspects of the U.K.”
“Nature is a great choice from a banknote authentication perspective, and means we can
showcase the U.K.’s rich and varied wildlife on the next series of banknotes.”
King Charles III will remain on the front of the notes.
The highest note issued by the Bank of England is £50. Due to massive hyperinflation in 2008, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued a one-hundred-trillion-dollar banknote.
